DOI: 10.1039/d3sc05418g ISSN: 2041-6520
Cobalt-catalyzed double hydroboration of pyridines
Finn Höeg, Lea Luxenberger, Andrey Fedulin, Axel Jacobi von Wangelin- General Chemistry
Cobalt phosphinopyridonates enabled the synthetically useful, yet challenging, double hydroboration of pyridines. Mechanistic studies indicated metal–ligand cooperativity, ligand-centered C–H activation and the intermediacy of a cobalt(
iii
) hydride.